In this order: Cats. Zen Buddhism.(even when I am not living it fully to it's potential) Magic(k)- Thelemic, Egyptian, Wiccan, Pagan. Belly dancing. Philosophical discussions. Intelligence. Dark humour. All Nature, be it the sound of waves crashing against the shore, the wind whistling through the trees or the silence after fresh snowfall. Lying on the ground outside of the City, staring up at the sky and feeling connected. The energy in a club on a good night. Movie night. Dinner parties-whether I hostess or not. Mind over Matter... I have a visual memory, I read as much if not more than I watch movies, so without pictures... The Chronichles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, A House like a Lotus, Tao Te Ching, You Have To Say Something by Dainin Katagiri Roshi, (and his second and third book), The Chronicles of Tao, The Emerging Mind, The Hidden Messages in Water (neat stuff), V.A.L.I.S. (any Dick), The cat who came for Christmas, Damnit damnit damnit...I am blanking! Orson Scott Card, Piers Anthony - more than half of it, Stephen King, Gibson, Pat Cadigan, Stephenson, Crowley, Mark Leyner - "My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist", etc.., P.J. O'Rourke, Dan Simmons, Robert Heinlein- " Stranger in a Strange Land"(*One of my all time favs, I have read it at least five times, but if you read it, get the long version), and 90% of the rest of his works, save a couple I couldn't find. Oh, um. Uhhhh... I spent years picking authors in the library and reading every book they had in stock by that person, not to mention the countless wiccan, buddhist, magic books I have perused, or the miles of romance novels I went through as "Fluff reading" since they only take me a couple hours to read. I read books about cats, including Cleveland Amory's The Compleat Cat, which is actually three books, and 95% of "The Cat Who..." Series with KoKo and Yum Yum and Jim Quilleran by Lillian Jackson Braun. I love children's books, and Shakespeare, and poetry, Gibran for example, and Keats and Whitman.
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Tori Amos, Depeche Mode, Portishead, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Bjork, Apoptygma Berserk, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, The Smiths, Air, Goldfrapp, Duran Duran, Golden Palominos, NIN, Lab Report, Tool, Covenant, bowensanders -makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up when he sings, Fiona Apple, Beatles, Queen, David Bowie, Terranova, Moloko, Morcheeba, Thievery Corporation, Die Warzau, Tricky, Kruder & Dorfmeister, BT, Amorphous Androgynous, Delerium, Catalog, Mood Organ, Dave Gahan, Intermix, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sarah Mclachlan, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, Zombie Nation, VNV Nation, Green Day, Fischerspooner, Enya, Skinny Puppy, Sunscreem, Cocteau Twins, Groove Armada, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Lush, Stone Temple Pilots, Vangelis, Clannad, William Orbit - including the album he did for Madonna, Praga Khan, Phillip Glass, BoA, Bauhaus, Crystal Method, Indigo Girls, Melissa Ethridge, Laibach, Enigma, The Teargarden, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, The Doors, Sex Pistols, Fear, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, GBH, Subhumans, Garbage, Marylin Manson, Joy Division, Yes, Rush, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, Phil Collins, Kate Bush, Mazzy Star, Kraftwerk, UB40, KMFDM, Evanescence, Love Spirals Downwards, Tom Waits, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Snake River Conspiracy, The Verve, Paul Oakenfold, Gorillaz, Live, Toxic Lounge, Slowdive, Sneaker Pimps, Pigface, P.W.E.I., Talking Heads, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Orbital, Minisrty, Love & Rockets, Recoil, UNKLE, Pixies, Talvin Singh, Frou Frou, Origa, Annie Lennox, Keane, Black Sabbath, Devo, Cheap Trick, I like Indian Music also
Control (you should really see this for the cinematography), The Fifth Element, Dark City, The Matrix Trilogy, Bladerunner, The Pillow Book, Labyrinth, Legend, Until the End of the World (All 6 Hours), Snow Falling on Cedars, The Crow, Veer-Zaara, Fight Club, Sky High, Returner, Babe, Bound, Hard-Boiled, Run Lola Run, The Empire Strikes Back, trainspotting, What Dreams May Come, Serial Experiments LAIN, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vampire Princess Miyu, Samurai Champloo, Bleach, Tsukiyomi, Cowboy Bepop, Ergo Proxy, Duma, Inuyasha, American Beauty, Grave of the Fireflies, V for Vendetta, Voices of a Distant Star, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind, The Cell, Dangerous Liaisons, Sin City, Any Japanese Horror, Horror, Suspense, Indian, Chinese, Jackie Chan or Chow Yun-Fat. I like to watch: Nature. Nova. Mystery. Yoshitsune. Trick. Trick2. Samurai Champloo. Bleach. Eureka 7. CSI. Boston Legal. House. ER. DHDTV. Globetrekker. National Geographic. Heroes. Mythbusters. Showbiz India & Namaste America. Battlestar Galactica. Doctor Who, Torchwood, Moonlight, Moon Phase. Blood+.